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We’re Living Much Longer. Maybe We Need College for Elders?

For the past ten or so years I’ve harbored a mostly secret desire to return to graduate school. Part of this is because I’m a frustrated…

2d ago

We’re Living Much Longer. Maybe We Need College for Elders?

2d ago

Facebook Wants Us Back. Will We Go?

Earlier this week I met a fellow who, among very many other things, is a member of a bicycling group based where I live. Given that I live…

5d ago

Facebook Wants Us Back. Will We Go?

5d ago

Google to the News Industry: You’re Worthless.

There’s an old maxim in the news business: Stories in which a dog bites a man are uninteresting. But a man biting a dog? Now that’s worth…

Mar 26

Google to the News Industry: You’re Worthless.

Mar 26

Google Hasn’t Figured This One Thing Out Yet.

And I’m not sure it even can.

Mar 21

Google Hasn’t Figured This One Thing Out Yet.

Mar 21

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Why AI Agents Will Take Way Longer Than We Thought

Three months ago I published my annual predictions, and while I rarely revisit them in the middle of the year, I do want to note an…

Mar 18

Why AI Agents Will Take Way Longer Than We Thought

Mar 18

What Happened to Tech’s Magic?

I’ve been pondering something for a while now, but have held off “thinking out loud” about it because I was worried I might sound like a…

Mar 11

What Happened to Tech’s Magic?

Mar 11

How Do You Read?

Nearly every conversation I’ve had over the past month has involved some variation of this question: What are you reading right now? The…

Feb 21

How Do You Read?

Feb 21

Tech: Too Big To Fail?

I opened my annual predictions last week by noting that the technology industry had leapfrogged finance as the most powerful political…

Jan 7

Tech: Too Big To Fail?

Jan 7

Predictions 2025: Big Tech Takes the Reins

This isn’t going to be a normal year.

Dec 30, 2024

Predictions 2025: Big Tech Takes the Reins

Dec 30, 2024

Predictions 2024: Grading My Own Homework

2024 is in the books, and it’s time to grade my homework. One year ago I posted my 2024 predictions, fresh off a so-so showing in 2023. So…

Dec 23, 2024

Predictions 2024: Grading My Own Homework

Dec 23, 2024

John Battelle

John Battelle

A Founder of DOC, The Recount, NewCo, Federated Media, sovrn Holdings, Web 2 Summit, Wired, Industry Standard; writer on Media, Technology, Culture, Business

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